PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s four-man bobsleigh team said Wednesday it will aim to collect a medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The team comprised of Won Yun-jong, Seo Young-woo, Kim Dong-hyun and Jun Jung-lin completed their first two official training sessions at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province. The South Koreans finished 14th among 29 teams [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A zoo in South Korea is under fire after reports that a tigress ate her own cub soon after giving birth due to negligence and stress. According to officials at Gwangju Uchi Park, a 9-year-old female Bengal tiger named Love gave birth to a cub in her den last Thursday, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The actor Jo Min-ki has stepped down from his role in an upcoming TV series following allegations of sexual abuses, his management agency said Wednesday. Will Entertainment issued an apology for the controversy and said the actor will drop out of ”Children of a Lesser God,” set to premiere on the cable channel OCN on Feb. 24. “The company is well aware of how serious the [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The jobless rate in Geoje, located in the southern part of the country, reached the highest level among South Korean cities, as local shipyards implemented massive job cuts amid an industry-wide slump, data showed Wednesday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the unemployment rate in the city, home to the country’s major shipyards, including Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean veteran cross-country skier Lee Chae-won bid farewell to the WinterOlympic Games as she competed in her last event, in her hometown on Wednesday. Lee, the oldest South Korean athlete at the PyeongCHang Winter Olympics at the age of 36, competed in the women’s team sprint free with Ju Hye-ri at Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre, in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, [...]
ILSAN/PAJU, South Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-new Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle showed off its superior value proposition on the roads near Seoul ahead of its planned launches in global markets, starting with the United States this summer. In the 100 minutes-long 120 kilometer course through the towns of Ilsan and Paju, just northwest of the capital city, the fully-revamped Santa Fe, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Yuhan Corporation, GC Pharma, and Kwang Dong Pharmaceutical are expected to hold the top three positions in the South Korean pharmaceutical industry this year, with their latest sales figures exceeding 1 trillion won. Both Yuhan and GC Pharma are on course to join the ‘one trillion club’ again this year, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean agro-industry giant Maeil Dairies has launched a research center dedicated to research and development projects focused on muscle loss resulting from aging. According to the dairy company on Tuesday, researchers at the newly opened research center will focus on studying and developing products for Sarcopenia, which refers to the [...]
JEJU, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Local police on Jeju Island are set to enforce a safety grade system for guesthouses to ensure a safe environment for visitors after a recent homicide. Following a murder at a local guesthouse in which a female guest was killed by a manager, emergency meetings will be held to introduce [...]
DAEGU, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The popularity of Olympic merchandise is soaring in South Korea with the Winter Games set to wrap up this weekend. According to the Daegu branch of Lotte Department Store on Tuesday, sales at the store’s Olympic boutique shot up around the Lunar New Year holiday. Officials from Lotte Department Store [...]